It feels like a while since we last saw IO.
Independent 11,562 / Knut
Knut has set this week’s mid-week teaser. It is quite some time since it last fell to me to blog a puzzle by Knut. This grid is a slightly amended version of a … Read more >>
Guardian 29216 / Pangakupu
Pangakupu provides the Guardian challenge today. I think ‘challenge’ is the appropriate word for this puzzle. I found it very hard with SYNECDOCHE winning the prize for the least known … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1826: Forgery by Radler
Double the fun with Radler this week. Clues for corresponding answers in the two halves have been run together; either may come first. Across clues yield answers that are either one letter longer … Read more >>
Independent 11561 / Atrica
Atrica provides the Tuesday challenge in the Independent this week. Tuesday is theme day and Atrica usually has a theme, but it took me a long time to find this … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,215 by Fed
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29215.
Financial Times 17,562 by BRADMAN
Bradman offers some nice surfaces today.
S&B – Sexagenarian & B*
Sloggers & Betters?
S&B – Links quiz by kenmac
Not exactly crossword related but it seemed to go down well on Saturday.
S&B – Barred but easier than IQ or EV by Wickball
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Financial Times 17,561 by GUY
GUY kicks off the week…
Guardian 29,214 / Brendan
I blogged a Brendan puzzle only three days ago! (This is by no means a complaint.) I said on Friday that blogging a Brendan puzzle invariably involves searching for a theme but … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic No. 1,250 by Pasquale
Good morning everyone. It’s the start of a new week, and a new adventure for me covering the Quiptic grid.
Independent 11,560/Filbert
A delightful puzzle from Filbert. He is setter whose difficulty level can vary, I find, but this one was tractable, and notable for its fine surface readings throughout. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
York S&B 2023 by Laccaria (50a)
The puzzle may be found here: https://www.fifteensquared.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Laccaria-puzzle-50a.pdf
I very much enjoyed solving and blogging this.